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Re: A Rail-fanning paradise
Author: Steve Carter
Date: 03-21-2009 - 01:12

Tom McCann Wrote:
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> Speaking of Pacific Northwest railfan paradises --
> I was able to get about 30 minutes of quality
> railfan time today after work at the Vancouver,
> Wash. depot, and got six trains in those 30
> minutes: A long UP baretable going into the Port
> of Vancouver with an SD70M/SD9043AC combo, Amtrak
> Cascades 507 and 508, an eastbound BNSF manifest
> coming off the Seattle Sub to head east up the
> Columbia River Gorge, and two long BNSF
> intermodals on the Fallbridge Sub, one in each
> direction. If the total number of trains is down
> due to the economy, it wasn't evident here.

I've noticed on the Seattle sub, that the UP trains are much shorter than say 2 -3 months ago. I've even seen a couple of trains with one unit.

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  A Rail-fanning paradise Steve Carter 03-18-2009 - 22:56
  Re: A Rail-fanning paradise espeefoamer 03-19-2009 - 11:01
  Re: A Rail-fanning paradise Christian Goepel 03-19-2009 - 18:25
  Re: A Rail-fanning paradise Steve Carter 03-19-2009 - 23:06
  Re: A Rail-fanning paradise Tom McCann 03-20-2009 - 22:59
  Re: A Rail-fanning paradise Steve Carter 03-21-2009 - 01:12


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